The gamester: A comedy. As it is acted at the New-Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields by Her Majesty's servants.

ID 22937
Title The gamester: A comedy. As it is acted at the New-Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields by Her Majesty's servants.
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Signed Author [anonymous]
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Self-published No
Volumes
Pagination [8], 62, [2]
Date of Publication 1708
Edition Statement The Second Edition.
Edition Number 2
Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and William Turner, at the Angel at Lincoln's-Inn Back Gate.
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Copyright Statement
Location of Printing London GB
Format Quarto (4to)
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Price (pound)
Price (shilling) 1
Price (pence) 6.0
Total Price (in pence) 18
Non-UK Price
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Notes ESTC Notes:
Based on 'Le jouer' by Jean François Regnard.
Apparently a reissue of the text sheets of the 1705 edition with reset preliminaries.
Another 'second edition' was also issued in 1708, which is a different setting of type.
Hand-Verified No
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Centlivre, Susanna. The gamester: A comedy. As it is acted at the New-Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields by Her Majesty's servants.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 22937, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/22937. Accessed 2025-10-24. 

@book{ wphp_22937
  author={Centlivre,Susanna},
  year={1708},
  title={The gamester: A comedy. As it is acted at the New-Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields by Her Majesty's servants.},
  publisher={James Knapton \& William Turner},
  address={London},    }

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